George Romero has died at 77. May he  forever walk the earth...

Maryam Mirzakhani

(first woman to win maths' Fields Medal)

 lily34 wrote: 
same here

Michael Nyqvist

Appeared in 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' & 'John Wick', among others

 n4ku wrote: 
yep, it's a sad day.

Dave Rosser, Afghan Whigs guitarist, RIP

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Michael Parks.

I loved Then Came Bronson.

 n4ku wrote: 
wow

what a way to go

died doing what he loved

rip 

Colonel Bruce Hampton Dies After Collapsing On Stage During His Own Birthday Concert

Agustín Edwards Eastman: A Declassified Obituary

Media mogul Agustin Edwards Eastman, who was widely regarded as the Rupert Murdoch of Chile, died on April 24, at age 89, leaving a legacy of close collaboration with Henry Kissinger and the CIA in instigating and supporting the September 11, 1973, military coup.  Edwards was the only Chilean—civilian or military—known to meet face-to-face with CIA Director Richard Helms in September 1970 in connection with plans to instigate regime change against Socialist leader Salvador Allende, who had just been elected president.

Declassified CIA and White House documents posted today by the National Security Archive at The George Washington University show conclusively what Edwards repeatedly denied – that he and his newspaper, El Mercurio, became a critical part of U.S. plans to foment a military coup against President Allende. (...)

antiwar, human rights activist will grigg has died of a heart attack  

Goodbye, Will Grigg

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Aww, man.  I must have listened to Wound Up Tight about a gazillion times in the mid '80s.  Good stuff.

Lonnie Brooks

 

 R_P wrote: 
He was quite the innovator for sure. RIP.

Roland founder and music pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi dies aged 87

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzXNdLVZs3k

I've heard this song since I was 13 and if I was ever caught alone when it would come on the radio, Id be teary eyed.  Like joyfully teary eyed.

I played it when I learned of his death and I cried my eyes out.  I'm trying to learn it on bass right now and I can't see the fucking fret board.  

What a loss.  RIP, Al. 

 Antigone wrote: 
R.I.P.

Al Jarreau.